Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-15
uUGGING AND ENr eRACING.
Distinctions Drawn by = Journalistic
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Hugging is a comparatively modern in
stitution.
Our ancestors never Rugged. They calm
IL and demurely embraced.
There's q big difference between a hug
and an embrace.
The hug is an earnest, quick, impetuous
contraction of the muscles of the arms and
chest when the object to be Rugged lies
within the circle bound by the arms, while
the chest IS the goal or final point of the
hug. The warmth of the hug is deter
mined by the extent of the muscular con
traction. But the hug is not, as anat-
Omists assert, terminated when the object
is brought in contact with the chest. On
the contrary, the sweeping in is but the
shell Of the operation.
The kernel is reached when the space be-
tween the hugger and the huggee IS ami
hilated, and the blade OF q knife could
scarcely be inserted between the two sur
faces. This is, perhaps, the most danger
Gus stage Of the operation. A pound, nay,
a few ounces of extra pressure, may result,
if not in the displacement Of a rib, at least
in the bursting Of corset-string, with the
almost inevitable destruction of bangs,
m~ontagues, waves, puts and such like
headgear.
The release, if not skilfully managed, is
attended with danger, and should be as
gradual as the elementary pressure.
Expressions of anguish on the part OF the
huggee may, as a rule, be regarded as hypo-
critical, and should have no effect in in
ducing the hugger to diminish the pres
sure. In like manner all danger signals in
regard to the arrival of a third party on
the scene shsuld be Investigated by the
party Of the first part before receiving the
attention the genuine arrival Of a parent or
guardian might command.
This may be done by quick glance
over the shoulder, and this rapid change
of the direction OF the head may be accom-
plished by a little practice without max
ing any relaxation Of pressure necessary.
II the warning should prove to be with
out foundation, the deceit may be pun
ished by from two to three pounds Of addi-
tional pressure, but SO gradual that none
of the ornaments of the person Rugged
NAV suffer. These little accidents ruthe
the temper and embitter the memory OF
the operation. The small affairs OF the
| toilet are not accomplished easily, and the
female mind is ruffied by tbs destruction
of the labOrious embellishments of the
morning hour.
The embrace is merely the throwing ont
and partial contraction of the arms, with
ont any special ~attentiOn 20 an objective
point.
Near relatives should he embraced and
not Rugged. An especially young ano
pretty aunt may be excepted, and eases
are known where an extremely juvenile
and ~gOOd-looking s~tep-mOther has been thu
occasion Of the merging of the embrace
into the hug. But this is rarely done, par
ticularly if the embracer is dependent or
The purse Of the old man for the necessi
ties as well as the luxuries of life.
To embrace q mOther-in-law is q hollow
mockery, and shOuld be attempted only
when some important object has to he at
tanned, and even then it is hardly ex
cusSble.